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Four-some! Breen takes 4th straight Fiesta victory
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After his Pirelli International success a fortnight before, Kilmurry rally star Craig Breen returned to Irish Fiesta Sporting Trophy duties in last weekend’s (2/3 May) Killarney International Rally of the Lakes - and was once again the man to beat.
However, this would prove to be the young Waterford ace’s toughest event yet.
As Craig explains, “the rally started on Saturday morning with a daunting run up the world famous Molls Gap. After my big crash on the Circuit of Ireland, I was anxious to bring the car home in one piece - but also keen to get a respectable time on the board. I caught a slower car, which upset my rhythm and cost me vital seconds”.
Indeed he found himself well down the time-sheets at the finish. With their rivals laying down faster times, Craig and his navigator Gareth Roberts knew they needed to gather themselves and mount a charge - but couldn’t quite pull it off on the second stage.
As rain began to fall, Craig dropped more time after again coming across two slower cars that inadvertently baulked him as he tried to find his way past.
With a brief halt in the service area, his Tom Gahan Motorsport mechanics quickly made changes to the little Fiesta ST’s suspension which would prove to be crucial.
Craig promptly set the fastest time in the following stage, as his rivals failed to match his pace - or crashed trying.
“I remember saying to Gareth as we came back into the service park, ‘we’re a little bit faster now but there’s still lots of room for improvement’. But we were now up to second place and I was getting into my stride”.
Another fastest time on stage five brought the Gallo-Irish pair to within two seconds of the lead. It was now time to ‘give it death’, as they say in rallying and a stunning drive saw them develop what was to become an unassailable advantage, as the other crews struggled to make it to the finish line.
“Gareth and I are over the moon,” Craig told waiting journalists. “We had a hell of a lot of luck, especially as our competitors pushed us hard but began to fall by the wayside. Luck can be a factor in rallying and thankfully, today it was on our side!”
Saturday’s triumph has extended Breen and Roberts’ lead in the Irish Fiesta Sporting Trophy Championship to put them fifteen points clear of their nearest rivals.
To follow his fortunes and learn more about his career, visit www.craigbreen.com 
PRE-EVENT NEWS Click here for Time and Distance Schedule List of Programme Sales Outlets
Programme & Map €10 Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney
Hegarty's Filling station, Muckross road, Killarney
Billy Doyles Filling Station,Muckross road, Killarney
Daybreak filling station, Muckross road, Killarney
Topaz Filling station, Park road, Killarney
Cronin's shop, Park road, Killarney
Daly's Topaz , Killarney
The reeks Filling station, Tralee Road Killarney
The rock filling station, Tralee road Killarney
Moriorty's Centra, Farranfore
T & M McCarthy's Barraduff
T O'Donoghues Barraduff
O'Keeffes filling station Rathmore
Donagh Hickey's Rathmore
Midway foodstore, Cullen
Anglands, Dromagh
Murphy's Kanturk
Racecourse Filling station Mallow
Newsprint, Main street Killarney
O'Connors Newsagents Beech road Killarney
Cronin's Ballylicky
Phil Horan's ,Killarney road, Castleisland
O Leary's Abbeyfeale
Sheehan's Templeglantine
Moloney's Abbeyfeale
Killarney Tourist Office, Beech road Killarney
Mack's Filling station, Kilgarvin road, Kenmare
Bobby Whytes Filling station, Molls Gap road Kenmare
Guerins Ballydaly
Dennehy's Shop, Millstreet
Coleman's Millstreet
Coleman's Car Care ,Wilton Shopping centre, Cork
Glenville Motors, Macroom
Murphy's Filling Station Ballyvourney
O'Brien's filling station, Glenflesk Entry Lists No Driver/Co-Driver (Car) [Class]
1 Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle (Ford Focus WRC) [A8]
2 Eamon Boland/Mick Morrissey (Subaru Impreza WRC) [A8]
3 Eugene Donnelly/Paddy Toner (Skoda Fabia WRC) [A8]
4 Gareth McHale/Brian Murphy (Ford Focus WRC) [A8]
5 Derek McGarrity/James McKee (Subaru Impreza WRC) [A8]
6 Tim McNulty/David Moynihan (Subaru Impreza WRC) [A8]
7 Peadar Hurson/Damian Connolly (Subaru Impreza WRC) [A8]
8 Patrick Elliott/Paul Goodman (Subaru Impreza WRC) [A8]
9 Denis Cronin/Helen O'Sullivan (Subaru Impreza WRC) [A8]
10 Aaron McHale/Killian Duffy (Ford Focus WRC) [A8]
11 Shaun Gallagher/Paul Kiely (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [N4]
12 Colm Murphy/Martin Flannery (Subaru Impreza N12) [N4]
14 Alan Ring/Adrian Deasy (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [N4]
15 Sean Flanagan/Brian Duggan (Subaru Impreza N12) [N4]
16 Ger O'Donovan/Sean Hayde (Subaru Impreza N12B) [N4]
17 Alastair Fisher/Barry McNulty (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [N4]
18 Mark Nangle/Michael Clyne (Subaru Impreza N12) [N4]
19 John Joe Fleming/Robbie Ward (Ford Focus WRC) [A8]
20 Wesley Patterson /Martin McGarrity (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M14]
21 Martin Magee/Arthur Kierans (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M14]
22 Adrian Hetherington/Gary Nolan (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M14]
23 Kevin O'Donoghue/Joe O'Leary (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M14]
24 Fergus O'Meara/Liam Brennan (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M13]
25 Jon Stangle/Frank Sweeney (Darrian T 90) [M13]
26 Willie Power /Frank Curtin (Darrian T 90) [M13]
27 Manus Kelly/Donal Barrett (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M14]
28 Tommy Doyle/Tony McDaid (Renault Clio) [A7]
29 John Hickey/TBA (Subaru Impreza 555) [M15]
30 Eoin Doyle/Peter Brennan (Subaru Impreza WRC) [A8]
31 Dave Randles/John Young (Nissan Almera) [A7]
32 Eugene Meegan/TBA (Honda Civic Type R) [A7]
33 Thomas Randles/Sean Duggan (Toyota Celica ) [M15]
34 Peter Kelly/Peggy Kelly (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M14]
35 Charlie Hickey/Johnny Hickey (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M13]
36 Vincent O'Shea/Brian Hickey (Escort Cosworth) [M15]
37 Brendan Brosnan/Gerard Conway (Peugeot 205 RWD) [M14]
38 Brendan Dennehy/Willie Buchanan (BMW M3 Compact) [M13]
39 Eddie Power/Jonathan McGrath (Toyota Corolla) [M15]
40 Thomas White/TBA (Mitsubishi Evo 9) [M16]
41 Mick Cummins/Don Montgomery (Mitsubishi Evo 8) [N4]
42 Rory Byrne/Jeremy Patterson (Mitsubishi Evo 9) [N4]
43 Martin McCormack/Liam Moynihan (Citroen C2 Max) [A6]
44 Craig Breen/Gregory Roberts (Ford Fiesta ST) [N3]
45 Kyle Orr/TBA (Ford Fiesta ST) [N3]
46 Mark Donnelly/Paddy Robinson (Ford Fiesta ST) [N3]
47 Shane Buckley/Thomas McGuire (Ford Fiesta ST) [N3]
48 Paul Quinn/Sorcha Kelly (Ford Fiesta ST) [N3]
49 Leonard Downey/Mark Murphy (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M13]
50 Adrian Randles/TBA (Ford Escort MK 2) [M13]
51 Gary Reidy/Stephen Reidy (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M14]
52 Darragh O'Riordan/Sean McCarthy (Renault Clio S1600) [A6a]
53 Keith Power/TBA (Peugeot 106 ) [A6]
54 Ken O'Neill/Ronald Riordan (Ford Puma S1600) [A6a]
56 Jason McSweeney/Denis O'Mahony (Honda Civic) [M11]
57 David Fleming/Kieran Doherty (Honda Civic ) [A6]
58 Paul Ahern/Kieran Murphy (Subaru Impreza ) [M16]
59 Kevin O'Sullivan/Martin Riordan (Honda Civic Type R) [M16]
60 Lloyd Hutchinson/Kevin Flanagan (Austin Cooper S) [M9]
61 Raymond Conlon/James O'Reilly (Toyota Corolla TC) [M13]
62 John Riordan/Shane Buckley (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M11]
63 Dermot Hannifin/Claire Mole (Subaru Impreza N12) [N4]
64 Barry Ryan/Donal Falvey (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M11]
65 Andrew Fanning/Paddy King (Ford Puma S1600) [A6a]
66 John Buttimer/Declan Buttimer (Subaru Impreza) [A8]
67 Joe McGonigle/Alan Whyte (Honda Civic) [N2]
68 Kieran Marshall/Mark Horgan (Honda Civic Type R) [N3]
69 Stephen Wright/Paul McGee (Ford Fiesta ST) [N3]
70 Robert Barrable/Seamus O'Grady (Ford Fiesta ST) [M16]
71 Desmond Henry/John Rowan (Ford Fiesta ST) [M16]
72 William Walsh/Ed O'Neill (Toyota Corolla TC) [M11]
73 Noel O'Sullivan/Nicky Burke (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M9]
74 Alan Bardon/Edwin Dunne (Honda Civic) [M11]
75 Sean Hartnett/Finbarr O'Mahony (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M11]
76 Anthony Neville/Brian Synott (Subaru Impreza N 12) [N4]
77 Pat Neville /TBA (Subaru Impreza N 12) [N4]
78 Pat Price/Stephen Price (Subaru Impreza N 12) [N4]
79 Duncan Cameron/Ian Frazer (Subaru Impreza 555) [M15]
80 Billy O'Keeffe/Scott Wheeler (Mitsubishi Evo 6) [M16]
81 Peter Gallagher/Keith Murray (Peugeot 206 Xsi) [A6]
82 William Buttimer/Alan Whyte (Escort Cosworth) [M15]
83
84 Tony Murphy/Brid Murphy (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M13]
85 Bob Moran/TBA (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M11]
86 Colm Flynn/Raymond Finnegan (Toyota Corolla TC) [M11]
87 Fergal Allen/Carl Atksion (BMW M3) [M14]
88 Rob Alderman/Paula Alderman (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M13]
89 Kevin Rumens/Kay Taylor (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M13]
90 Martin Kelly/Grainne McEnery (Subaru Impreza) [M15]
91 Keith Naughton/Jane Cogan (Subaru Impreza) [M16]
92 Keith Tierney/Aoife Keogh (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M13]
93
94 Steve Roberts/Jonathan Jennings (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M12]
95 Jason Clifford/TBA (Vauxhall Astra) [M16]
96 Andrew Stewart/Tony Gallagher (MG S1600) [A6a]
97 Brian O'Keeffe/Carol O'Keeffe (Subaru N 10) [N4]
98 Roland Doherty/P.J.O'Dowd (Opel Corsa) [M9]
99 Brian Davies/Alwyn Jones (Honda Civic ) [A6]
100 Billy McCarthy/John Falvey (Nissan Micra) [M9]
101 Colm Forde/Jonathan Trill (Peugeot 206 Xsi) [A6]
102 Jason Costelloe/Thomas Costelloe (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M11]
103
104 Stephen Murphy/Pat Duggan (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M11]
105 Ian Hynes/TBA (Honda Civic Type R) [N3]
106 Graeme Colfer/TBA (Nissan Sunny) [M13]
107 Niall Donoghue/Shane Green (Honda Civic) [N2]
108 Adrian Cannon/Jonathan Shovlin (Honda Civic) [N2]
109 Cristopher King/TBA (Honda Civic) [N2]
110 Colum Browne/Laurence McGrath (Honda Civic) [N2]
111 Michael Shaughnessy/Craig McSweeney (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M10]
112 John Fitzgerald/Niall Lynch (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M10]
113
114 Con Mulcahy/Jonathan Keane (Vauxhall Nova) [M10]
115 Martin Quirke/John Hurley (Talbot Sunbeam) [M11]
116 Sean Hickey/Noel Fleming (Ford Fiesta RWD) [M11]
117 Liam Dennehy/Tom Murphy (Honda Civic) [M11]
118 Ger Buckley/Ger Myers (Peugeot 106 ) [M16]
119 Kevin Donnelly/Andrew Lehane (Toyota Starlet) [M9]
120 Brian Dennis/Gerard Geraty (Skoda Fabia Tdi) [A8]
121 Steve Graham/Tony Graham (Vauxhall Astra D) [N4]
122 Donal McCarthy/Henry Reidy (Opel Manta) [M12]
123
124 John Curran/John Finnegan (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M13]
125 Colin Kingston/Nollie Crowley (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M9]
126 Brian Doherty/Colin Fitzgearld (Honda Civic) [M11]
127 Tom O'Sullivan/TBA (Peugeot 205) [M10]
128 Padraig Dinneen/Stephen Ferriter (Vauxhall Nova) [M9]
129 Brian McNamara/John McMahon (Peugeot 205) [M10]
130 Brendan O'Mahony/Marcus Treacy (Peugeot 205) [M10]
131 Alan Dineen/Tony Dineen (Vauxhall Nova) [M11]
132 Daniel O'Leary/TBA (Honda Civic) [M11]
133
134 Patrick Horan/Pa Baker (Vauxhall Nova) [M11]
135 Liam Graham/TBA (Honda Civic) [M11]
136 John Moran/Dave Cummins (Honda Civic) [M11]
137 Liam Howlett/Leo Tector (Talbot Sunbeam) [M13]
138 Patrick Sheehan/TBA (Honda Civic) [M9]
139 Sam Leech/Shane Griffin (Ford Fiesta XR2) [M10]
140 Sean Fleming/Colm Dromey (Ford Fiesta RWD) [M11]
141 Colin Fisher/TBA (MG ZR) [M9]
142 Michael Stack/TBA (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M10]
143
144 Thomas O'Keeffe/Donal Keane (Ford Escort Mk 2) [M12]
145 Seamus Flynn/Ian Munnelly (Ford Focus ) [M11]
146 Anthony Kiely/TBA (Opel Corsa) [M9]
147 Batty O'Donoghue/John Riordan (Vauxhall Nova) [M9]
148 Adrian Tobin/David Dunne (Toyota Corolla ) [M9]
149 Colin O'Keeffe/Cian Corbett (Vauxhall Nova) [M9]
150 JJ Wall/Patrick Wall (TBA) [M9]
151 Shane Keary/Brendan Madden (Honda Civic) [M11]
152 Christopher Dineen/Gavin Sheehan (Honda Civic) [M11]
153 Barry Murphy/TBA (Vauxhall Nova) [M9] Historic
H1 Denis Moynihan/Dan Moynihan (Ford Escort Mk 1) [C2]
H2 Derek Boyd/Roisin Boyd (Porsche 911) [C2]
H3 Joe Connolly/John Connolly (Ford Escort Mk 1) [C2]
H4 Noel Conroy/Pat Cashman (Ford Escort RS1800) [D5]
H5 Keith McIvor/David Burns (Porsche 911) [C2]
H6 Niall O Connell/John Liston (Mini Cooper S) [C1]
H7 Diarmuid Lynch/Eoin McCarthy (Ford Escort Mk 2) [C2]
H8 Noel Hurley/Cyril Casey (Saab 99EMS) [C2]
H9 Peadar Walsh/Keith McCarthy (Fod Cortina Mk 1) [B3]
H10 Jeremiah O Flynn/Sean O'Flynn (Ford Escort Mk 1) [C1]
H11 Mark Falvey/Colin Moynihan (Ford Escort RS 1800) [D5]
H12 Edward Gibbons/Con Lucey (BMW 2002 Alpina) [C2]
H14 Ray Hilliard/Senan Raggett (Ford Escort Mk 1) [D2]
H15 Jack O'Shea/Mark Doody (Austin Mini Cooper) [C1]
H16 Stephen Coffey/Mike Mahony (Ford Escort Mk1) [C1]
H17 Edward Hallahan/Barry Murphy (Ford Escort Mk 1) [C2]
H18 Martin Sheehan/Sean Daly (Ford Escort Mk 1) [C2]
H19 James O'Mahony/Paddy McDonnell (Volvo 144S) [B4]
H20 John O Toole/Greg McCarthy (Ford Escort Mk 1) [C2]
H21 Martin Kehoe/Barty Dawe (Morris Mini ) [C1]
H22 Paul Mitchell/Timmy Kelly (Austin Mini) [D2]
H23 Eddie Cronin/Kark O'Mahony (Morris Mini ) [B1]
H24 William Todd/TBA (Mini Cooper ) [B2]
H25 Denis Hickey/Patrick Carey () [D4]
H26 Kevin Hickey/Derry Healy (Ford Escort Mk1) [C1] Juniors
J1 Damien McCarthy/Eamonn Hayes (Honda Civic) [J2]
J2 David Guest/Gerard Seaman (Honda Civic) [J2]
J3 Dermot O Riordan/Brian O'Mahony (Honda Civic) [J2]
J4 Pat Barry/Bernard Foley (Honda Civic) [J2]
J5 Ray O Sullivan/Derek O'Brien (Vauxhall Nova) [J1]
J6 Daniel O Leary/Colm Lennihan (Honda Civic) [J2]
J7 Jonathan O'Callaghan/Raymond O'Conail (Peugeot 106 ) [J2]
J8 Darren Young/Kenneth Quirke (Honda Civic) [J2]
J9 Richard Price/Stephen Cooney (Honda Civic) [J2]
J10 David Duggan/Sean Murphy (Toyota Corolla) [J2]
J11 Simon Duggan/William Lynch (Talbot Sunbeam) [J1]
J12 David Brosnan/Donal Horgan (Honda Civic) [J2]
J14 Patrick Divilly/TBA (Toyota Corolla) [J1]
J15 Damien Doolan/Ian Stanley (Vauxhall Nova) [J1]
J16 Damien Fleming/John McCarthy (Honda Civic) [J1]
J17 Cal McCarthy/Paul Dullea (Suzuki Swift) [J1]
J18 Cathal McCarthy/Patrick McCarthy (Toyota Corolla) [J2]
J19 Jeremy Holland/Donna O'Regan (Toyota Corolla) [J2]
J20 Mark O'Shaughnessy/Paul O'Shea (Peugeot 106 ) [J1]
J21 Shane Lenihan/Eoin Lane (Honda Civic) [J1]
J22 William Angland/TBA (Honda Civic) [J1]
J23 Darren Noonan/TBA (Honda Civic) [J1]
J24 Jamie O'Flaherty/Niall Murphy (Honda Civic) [J1]
J25 Patrick Slattery/Chris Campbell (Honda Civic) [J2]
J26 Noel O'Regan/Kieran O'Regan (Suzuki Swift) [J1]
J27 Derek Flynn/Eoin Ryan (Honda Civic) [J2]
J28 Declan Murphy/Tony Collins (Honda Civic) [J1]
J29 Ciaran O'Driscoll/Diarmuid O'Shea (TBA) [J1]
J30 Donal Dinneen/Marian Dullea (Peugeot 205) [J2]
J31 Connie Trant/Timmy O'Callaghan (Skoda Felicia) [J2]
J32 Darren Nolan/TBA (Honda Civic) [J2] Rally to start with 2 runs in a row over Molls Gap
For the 30th Rally of the Lakes KDMC have introduced an extra challenge for competitors in that the first stage at Molls Gap will be immediately followed by another run over this world famous stage.
This will then be followed by a double loop of 3 stages to the east and north of Killarney with centralised service in the Greenglens Arena in Millstreet.
On day two the rally will again start with (1 run) over Molls Gap followed by a double loop of the three classic stages Healy Pass, Cods Head and Ardgroom.
Centralised service through out the day will be in Castletownbere and the rally finishes with the other great classic Kilmackillogue.
OSI Continues as Title Sponsors for 30th Rally of the Lakes
Killarney and District Motor Club have released details of the 30th International Rally of the Lakes which takes place over the May Bank Holiday weekend May 1st to 3rd. Ordnance Survey Ireland continues as title sponsors, maintaining an association which was first established in 1990.Additional support comes from The Gleneagle Hotel Killarney, where the Rally of the Lakes has been based since 1980. The 2009 OSI Rally of the Lakes is the third round of the Tarmac Rally Championship, the second round of the Thomond Crystal Southern 4 Championship and is also a counting round of both the Tarmac Historic Championship and the Southern 4 Historic Championship. Day 1 of the event will be a round of the Fiesta Sports Trophy, while the National section of the event will count for both the Southern 4 Championship and the Tarmac Modified Trophy. Clerk of the Course Gary McCormick, now in his fifth year in charge, has introduced a number of novel features in this year’s event. The most significant of these is a double run over Molls Gap as the opening two stages of the 2009 Rally. The stage will also have a new start location.First car will tackle Stage I at 08.00 on Saturday morning and is due back at the start for the second run at 10.05. With continuous action on the stage from 08.00 to approximately 11.30, Molls Gap is obviously the place to be on Saturday. After SS 2 the crews tackle Gortnagane, which finishes in Millstreet where the cars go into service at the Green Glens Arena in Millstreet. Two stages to the north and west of Millstreet, including one not used before, bring the cars back to the start of stage 6 at Gortnagane, followed by service and a repeat of stages 4 and 5 as the final two stages of the first leg of the rally. Following the traditional free service hour on Sunday morning the cars head for Molls Gap for the first of the Sunday Stages , followed by Healy Pass and then into Castletownbere for service.The traditional versions of Cods Head and Ardgroom follow before Healy Pass 2 brings the crews back to Castletown for service.Cods Head, Ardgroom and Kilmackillogue make up the final three stages of the 2009 Rally of the Lakes with the first car due to finish the final stage at 16.02 and at the finish Ramp at the Gleneagle Hotel at 17.22. Historics will join the Rally at the start of Stage 5 while it is hoped that it will be possible to introduce the Juniors at the start of Day 2. Regs and entries are available at www.rallyofthelakes.com CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE ENTRY AND REGS
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